sigmund freuds theory's

[loopyc]

i am doing an essay on freud and would like to know what people think about his theory's.

[purpose]

Theories.

Be more specific.

[loopyc]

sorry if that was a bit vauge i mean his theories regarding the unconcious mind (the id, ego and super ego). his emphasis on physical and sexual drives as a way of explaining peoples behaviour and the famous freudian slip.

[ali_alic]

I think his quote "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" sums it all up. Sometimes you can theorise too much. (Tho there is no certainty that he actual said that!!)

[dot.hawkes]

but what did anyone call it before Sigmund Freud developed his theory of the unconcious mind and hence we say Fruedian slip? I can't remember as i was only a slip of a girl back then!

[purpose]

As theories i think they are fascinating and very useful when looking back at how psychoanalysis began to develop.

The id/ego/super-ego idea seems attractive to me because i like its 'fullness'... it appears to encompass activities and behaviours that describe a 'complete' person - although i find his stages (oral, anal etc) just plain odd!

Of course children go through such 'phases' but i'm not sure how much i believe the link between fixation at one stage can lead to regression/neurosis in later life. I'm not suggesting adult neuroses do not exist (far from it - i am full of them!), but i think perhaps too much 'theory' and not enough 'common sense' surround this particular idea.

For example, i'm not sure how one can realistically measure the correlation of becoming fixated at the anal stage to becoming obsessed with order/time in adulthood!

[loopyc]

purpose great answer thank you, and dot i think you are very funny i wonder what freud would of made of you x

[dot.hawkes]

err what would I have made of him you mean? lol

[dancealot13]

I think he was too obsessed with sex.

[lankeela]

Henry loves chunky, not sex.

[malaise]

Freud spent 50 years of his life on cocaine.

Freud's psychodynamic theories are not utilised in contemporary research, and his psychodynamic therapy is the most criticised model of counselling therapy I've ever come across.

The id, Ego, and Superego don't fully encapsulate the social and cultural nature of human development, and other theories of development can do it much better, and much more comprehensively.

[2nosey]

freud? wasn't he the one who got high a lot? i think some of his theories make sense e.g freudian slip. but he concentrates too much on one thing and doesn't really take into account other factors in his other theories.In other words he was off his rocker!

[lia*]

i think freud tried to analyse himself through his theories. he is insane and egotistical.

[Drusilla1S]

I think psychodynamic therapy has come a long way since Freud's day and most practitioners respect his input, but rarely use him as a point of reference these days.